Online platforms attracted more people to services but Covid-19 regulations limiting physical attendance resulted in fewer contributions to collection plates
The problem with high-tech is that there is just way too much to choose from
WIth classes being cancelled due to the outbreak of the virus, the academic enterprise can be salvaged through the use of technology
International student and staff exchanges are key components of higher education. But the Covid-19 pandemic offers the chance to look closer to home
Club’s parent company awarded global record valuation after United States investment
In all the offices I’ve worked, I sat in the so-called bullpen — a shared working space modelled on war-time sweat shops.
Skype and WhatsApp are putting pressure on telecoms the world over and governments are being forced to consider regulating such over-the-top services.
Facebook is reportedly planning this week to team up with Skype to launch a video chat function for its millions of users.
Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype, its biggest, is an $8.5-billion gamble to try to catch up with Apple and Google.
When does a market go from being a "growth sector" to a bubble? As with falling in love, it’s hard to put an exact date on the event.
Skype’s owners, led by private equity firm Silver Lake, are set to earn more than three times their investment on the sale of Skype to Microsoft.
US software giant Microsoft is near to clinching a deal to buy internet telephony pioneer Skype for $7-billion to $8-billion, media reports say.
Once a week, Santosh Kumar uses Skype to teach maths to children in Chamanpura, a poor village in the struggling state of Bihar.
The popular Internet service Skype could be dealt a major setback in one of the world’s largest markets as the Chinese government cracks down.
Webcam service developed to allow strangers to chat online has become fast track to carnal gratification for some people.
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/ 19 September 2009
The founders of Skype have alleged its trade secrets were stolen to help facilitate its sale by eBay, in a move which could scupper the $2bn deal.
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/ 1 September 2009
US online auction giant eBay will announce on Tuesday a plan to sell its web communication service Skype to an investment group.
Millions of people who use Skype could be forced to find other ways to make phone calls after eBay said it did not own the underlying technology.
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/ 26 October 2007
Online video-delivery service Joost, now boasting more than 3 000 hours of content, has finally gone live at the beginning of this month and, to date, two million users have downloaded content. Kate Bulkley asks Mike Volpi if Joost can get the technology, the business and the content right.
In spite of its global popularity, internet telephony (voice-over-internet protocol, or VoIP), which is almost free for users, has not become a gold mine for its pioneers such as Skype and Vonage. Popular online auction firm eBay, which bought Skype two years ago for ,6-billion, affirmed that message in a costly way on Monday.